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Proceed to urge on about a man (2,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

go ahead

'proceed' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'urge on about a man' is the wordplay.
'urge on' becomes 'goad' (I've seen this in another clue).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'man' becomes 'he' (pronoun for a man).
'a'+'he'='ahe'
'goad' placed around 'ahe' is 'GO-AHEAD'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for go ahead that I've seen before include "Signal to proceed" , "Lead" , "Up-and-coming -- authorisation" , "Enterprisingly progressive" , "Permission to proceed" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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